ENV HEALTH CODE REVISIONS_.DOCX

Environmental Health Code Revisions  C-88-20-007-L-00
The following provisions of the Maricopa County Environmental Health Code shall be 
suspended for renewable annual permits from April 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020.  
Chapter I Regulation 4(g)(1)
All permit fees are nonrefundable.
Chapter I Regulation 4(g)(2)
Annual permit fees are due on the date the permit expires. If the annual permit fee is not paid on 
or prior to the due date, the permit shall be automatically extended for 30 days on the condition 
the annual permit fee 1-4 R 2-1-2017 and a permit reinstatement fee are paid within 30 days 
after the date the permit expired. If the permit holder fails to pay the annual permit fee and the 
permit reinstatement fee within the 30-day extension period, the permit shall be deemed expired 
and void. Each establishment, premises or vehicle that has not paid the annual permit fee and 
reinstatement fee within the 30-day extension period, shall immediately cease operating and 
may apply for a new permit pursuant to Regulation 4 of this chapter.
Chapter I Regulation 4(g)(3)
A permit reinstatement fee becomes due for failure to pay the permit fee within one calendar 
month of the permit fee due date
Chapter I  (one phrase is suspended)
REGULATION 5. Fees a. No permit shall be issued, and no permit is valid, until the permit fee is 
received by the Department, except that the operator of a charitable nonprofit establishment 
(which operates to provide relief solely for the poor, distressed or under-privileged) may apply to 
the Board of Health for a waiver of permit fee. A waiver of fee may be granted only to the 
operator of an establishment, which maintains a current 501(c)(3) tax exempt designation from 
the Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, who demonstrates to the Board of 
Health that payment of said fee will cause financial hardship. Board of Health granted fee 
waivers expire pursuant to the required permit listing in section c. of this regulation. Application 
for a permit fee waiver shall be made using forms provided by the Department.
Effective July 31, 2019
Effective July 31, 2020